This post has been in my drafts for ages. Apologies for the delay. Wednesday, 12th December was a public holiday here in Kenya, don’t we always look forward to holidays? Wa!! For me holiday translates to sleeping in. If you know me, you will definitely agree to fact that I love sleeping or rather I’m […]
Breakfast
Breakfast on the run
You’ve woken up late and you need to take breakfast. So what to do? Make some cereal! This will take less than five minutes to put together. I can guarantee that. Ingredients: Cereal – I used weetabix. This recipe can apply for cornflakes or muesli or whatever cereal you have on hand. 1 cup milk […]
Drop Scones for Dinner
My friend Kui asked me if I knew how to prepare drop scones, at first I told her no but after researching I realised one just uses the basic pancake batter. The difference is in the size. You use a spoon to drop the batter into the pan and voila drop scones. During my research, […]
Chocolate and Vanilla Muffins
I just felt like baking, plus I had some leftover yoghurt and I decided I’ll use it instead of milk. Ingredients: 3/4 cup margarine 3/4 cup sugar 2 eggs 2 tablespoons vanilla essence 3/4 cup plain yoghurt 1/4 cup water 2 cups all purpose flour 3 tablespoons cocoa powder 1 1/2 tablespoons baking powder 1/8 […]
Anything goes
You basically put all the fruits you have on hand and make a smoothie. Ingredients: 2 ripe bananas sliced A handful of strawberries, hauled and sliced 3-4 grapes (i had the ones with seeds) 2 tree tomatoes 1/2 mango diced 1 cup vanilla yoghurt Smoothies are best for quick lunches and breakfasts. They are pretty […]
Yoghurt Pancakes
Yep!!! One can apparently put yoghurt in pancakes or so I ‘invented’. I had some leftover plain yoghurt from a previous recipe so I decided to add it into the pancake batter. Have I mentioned that it was to expire in 2 days, yeah, hence the reason I had to use it and I had […]
Mango and Tree Tomato Smoothie
A while back my loving mother in law sent my husband with some tree tomatoes/ tamarillos (matunda ya damu) . I had a mango that didn’t seem sweet and since I had some vanilla yoghurt in the fridge I decided to make a smoothie. Well with my excitement of inventing a smoothie I forgot to take […]
Tomato, Cucumber and Mozzarella Sandwich
I guess by now you guys have noticed the way I love making sandwiches. I think they are pretty easy to do plus you can basically use anything you have on hand as long as you have bread :-D. I prepared to for breakfast yesterday. I still had some buns from earlier this week. Ingredients: […]
Avocado and Brawn Sandwich
I received an SMS from my mother on Sunday informing me that she had some ripe avocados and she wanted me to go for some. Since I got married, I usually get such texts from her, telling me to go for various goodies of which I’m very grateful.Since my hubby loves avocados so he was […]
French toast
Bread being one of the simplest things to prepare for breakfast, I am always in search of new ways of serving it. Don’t let the name fool you french toast has to be one of the easiest and fastest things to make for breakfast. No elaborate culinary skills needed. Nothing like the egg in a […]